• Welcome
    • About
  • Agenda
    • Day 1
    • Day 2
    • Day 3
  • Interactive Working Groups
    • Water
    • Energy
    • Biodiversity and Open Space
    • The Built Environment
    • Public Health
    • Governance
  • Interactive Plenary
    • Keynote Presentations
    • Panels
  • MC-4 Action Plan
  • Adaptation Plans
    • Resources
  • Media

Monday, 25 June 2012

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7:30 am                Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 am                The Mediterranean City Consortium Welcome
                                Nancy L.C. Steele, D. Env., Executive Director, Council for Watershed Health

                                Los Angeles of the Future
                                Beth Jines, Director of Sustainability, City of Los Angeles
                                
                                Building on the MEDECOS Theme
                                Felicia Federico, D. Env., Executive Director, UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science

8:50 am                Opening Plenary Panel Discussion
                              The Mediterranean City: A Call to Action
                              

                               Introduction
                                 Michael R. Peevey, President, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

                               Panelists 
                                 Dan Rodrigo, Vice President, CDM Smith                                                                   
                                 Nancy L.C. Steele, Executive Director, Council for Watershed Health
                                 Paul Bunje, Ph.D., Executive Director, UCLA Center for Climate Change Solutions; Managing Director, Los Angeles Collaborative for Climate Action
                                       and Sustainability 
                                Prudencio Perera, Former Director of the Environment for the European Commission 

10:00 am              Networking Break

10:30 am              Concurrent Working Group Sessions
                               The Impacts of Climate Change
                               Consortium attendees will join one of the six topical working groups to discuss the shared impacts of a changing climate on their work group’s
                               sector. An effort will be made to present issues from across the five Mediterranean-climate regions. 

                                Water
                                  Michael D. Dettinger, Ph.D., Research Hydrologist, U.S., Geological Survey                                                                   
                                  Andrew Schwarz, P.E., Water Resources Engineer, California Department of Water Resources
                                  Matthew Inman, Ph.D., Research Scientist, CSIRO

                               Energy
                                  David Nahai,Partner, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, and President, David Nahai Consulting Services LLC
                                  Paul Thomas, Director of Energy Efficiency Programs, GEI Consultants, Inc.
                                  Katie Sloan, Manager, Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, Southern California Edison · 

                               Biodiversity & Open Space
                                   Jon E. Keeley, Research Ecologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center                                   
                                   John M. Randall, Ph.D. Director, Global Invasive Species Team, The Nature Conservancy
                                                           
                               The Built Environment
                                  Claire Bonham-Carter, LEED AP BD+C
                                  Max A. Moritz, Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist, University of California, Berkeley                                  
                                  Abby Hall, Policy Analyst, US EPA Office of Sustainable Communities    
                                                            
                               Public Health
                                  Jonathan E. Fielding, M.D., M.P.H., Director and Health Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
                                  Elena Xoplaki, PhD, Research Professor, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
                                                               
                               Governance
                                  Linda Gianelli Pratt, Chief Program Manager, Environmental Services Department, City of San Diego
                                  Brian Holland, Climate Program Director, San Diego, Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI)                                  
                                  Eva Banos de Guisasola, Senior Scientific Manager, SERC division - Climate Services, Euro Mediterranean Center for Climate Change

12:00 pm              Lunch

1:05 pm                Concurrent Working Group Sessions
                               Adaptation Strategies
                               The working groups will begin to strategize on the development of climate change adaptation strategies for their working group sector, with careful
                               consideration for the integrated nature of the six different topics. An effort will be made to address issues that affect all the five Mediterranean-climate
                               regions. 

                                Water
                                  Lily N. Verdone, LA/Ventura Project Director, The Nature Conservancy                                  
                                  Celeste Cantú, General Manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority                                  
                                  Robert J. Lempert, Ph.D., Director, Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy; Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation
                                  Deven Upadhyay, Manager, Water Resource Management Group, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California 

                               Energy
                                  Max Gomberg, Climate Change Mitigation Strategist, California State Water Resources Control Board
                                  Don Von Dollen, Program Manager, IntelliGrid, Power Delivery and Utilization, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
                                  Hon. Linda J. LeZotte, Chair, Board of Directors, 
Santa Clara Valley Water District

                              Biodiversity & Open Space
                                  Stephanie Pincetl, Ph.D., Director, UCLA Center for Sustainable Urban Systems
                                  Andy Lipkis, Founder and President, TreePeople  
                                                               
                              The Built Environment
                                 J.R. DeShazo, Ph.D., Director, Luskin Center for Innovation, UCLA
                                 Justin Luedy, Environmental Specialist, Port of Long Beach   ·                               
                                 Eduardo Torres Demesa, Chief, Plan Formulation Branch. Planning Division, Los Angeles District, US Army Corps of Engineers
                                 Kelly Klima, Climate Adaptation Policy Advisor, Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP)
                                 Mia Lehrer, FASLA, President, Mia Lehrer + Associates
                                 
                                Public Health
                                  Alexander Gershunov, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
                                  Rupa Basu, PhD, MPH, Epidemiologist, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)-Air Pollution Epidemiology Section
                                  Bryan Moy,MPH, Doctoral Student, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

                                Governance
                                  Michael McCormick, AICP, Senior Planner, State of California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research 
                                  Nicola Hedge, MPIA, Manager, Climate Initiative, The San Diego Foundation 

2:20 pm                Networking Break

2:50 pm                Concurrent Working Group Sessions
                               Adaptation Strategies Continued
                               The working groups will continue to strategize on the development of integrated adaptation strategies, keeping in mind the steps necessary to move
                                toward urban implementation.

                               Water
                                   Celeste Cantú, General Manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority                                    
                                   David Pargament, Director General, Yarqon River Authority                                   
                                   Dan Rodrigo, Vice President, CDM Smith  
                              
                                Energy
                                   J. Ivor John,PhD, General Manager, LRQA Americas Sustainability, Inc. 
                                   Kurt Malchow, Climate Adaptation Coordinator, California Natural Resources Agency 
                                   Miriam Fischlein, Postdoctoral Scholar,UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability 
                              
                                Biodiversity & Open Space
                                  H. Bradley Shaffer, Director, La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science, UCLA
                                  Bongani Mnisi, Regional Manager: Biodiversity Management, City of Cape Town
                                 
                               The Built Environment
                                  Walker Wells, Director, Green Urbanism Program, Global Green                                  
                                  Matthew Inman, Research Scientist, Urban Systems, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) 
                                
                               Public Health
                                  Paula A. Daniels, Senior Advisor on Food Policy, Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa 
                                  Cristina Tirado, DVM, PhD, MPH, Director, Center for Public Health & Climate Change, Public Health Institute 
                               
                               Governance
                                   Brendan Reed, Environmental Resource Manager, City of Chula Vista 
                                   Robert J. Lempert, Director, Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy; Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation    
                                   Adrienne I. Greve, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
City & Regional, Planning Department
California Polytechnic State University


4:30 pm                VIP Networking Reception